Burglar-proof safe.



A. F. BLEGHSGHMIDT;

-BUBGLAR PBOOF SAPE.

APPLIOATION .FILBD MAY 10, 1911.

Patented May' 19, 1914.

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ARTHUE E. BLECESCHMIDT, OF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA.

BUEGLAR-PROOF SAFE.

To all wlom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR FRED BLnoI-I- SCHMIDT, citizen of the United States, residina` at Connersville, in the county of Fayette and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Burg'lar- Proof Safes, of which the following; is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in safes.

The Object of my invention consists in providing a resilient bolt seat in a safe arranged to cushion the shock of an explosive charge taking' place in the interior of the safe and engaging the bolts for looking' the door of the safe. By means of my invention when the explosion takes place the door is forced slightly out of its seat to allow the ,gases'to make their eXit.

With the above and other objects in View my invention oonsists in the combination, arrangement, and details of construction shown in the drawings and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings a side elevation in section is shown of a safe provided with my invention.

In the drawings A designates a safe of the round type, which may be of any approved construction. A standard 1 supports the safe 2.

B is the door of the safe and is in the form of a truncated cone and seats in a similarly shaped Opening; in the safe. This door is connected to a hinge or swinging yoke 3.

4: is a shaft carrying; at each end an eccentric presser bar 5, which works in an eccentric box 6 made to receive it. These presser bars serve to jam the door in tightly as is known to those skilled in the art. The worm l is mounted on shaft 4- and engages a worm wheel on the shaft of hand Wheel 7.

8 represents the interior of the safe.

The door is in the shape of a truncated cone and is fitted in a correspondingly shaped Opening' in the safe.

Inside the safe a plurality of housings 10 are formed in the door seat around the door B, said door extending beyond the Springs Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 10, 1911.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Serial No. 626,232.

11, located in and retained in position by, the walls 9 of said housings 10. These Springs 11 project out of the housings lOand are engageable by the radially-extending bolts 12 suitably mounted on said door B and bearing' against said Springs when the door is locked. The bolts 12 are usually operated by a bolt-motor 13, controlled by the time lock 14. It is necessary to retract the bolts 12 before the door can be opened.

If an explosive is let od inside the safe the gases resulting` therefrom will force the door B out of its seat. The ,qases of explosion would throw the door B out of its Opening' a slight distance, as far as said Springs would permit, and the bolts 12 carried by the door would compress said Springs to allow of such movcment of said door. In this way there will be clearance around the door from the adjacent surface of the safe, and the explosive gases will escape out of the safe through the space thus provided. The Springs will be made of stout spring metal so as to make it difficult for the door to be pulled out of its Opening against the tension of Springs 11, by applyina' an external agency.

I do not limit myself to the eXact details of construction disclosed as modifications may be made falling within the purview of the appended claims.

I claim- 1. In a safe, the combination of a door, a pluralitv of housings formed in the door seat around said door, Springs located in said housings and projecting,- therefrom, and radially-eXtendina` looking bolts carried by said door and bearing` against said Springs.

2. A safe having a door and casing therefor, bolts for holding' said door locked and means upon which said bolts are adapted to seat whereby said door is held resiliently seated, said means consisting of Springs, said prings being; seated on said casing.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR F. BLECHSCHMTDT.

lVitnesses MARIE SoHRonDnn LEWIS EDWARD GREEN.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioer of Patents,

Washington, D. C." 

